Organizational Behavior: Motivational Theories

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1. Impact of Leadership Styles on Motivation in Periods of Change Contemporary theories describe leaders according to their traits or how they use influence and power to accomplish their purposes (Germano 2010), especially in times of change. These leadership styles and their impact are autocratic, democratic, bureaucratic, charismatic, situational, transactional and transformational (Germano). A leader who uses the autocratic style is usually appointed to the position, which is often new to him (Germano 2010). He is high-handed and applies coercion in getting his orders done by subordinates. He does not share their vision or win their loyalty and affection. He sees them only as mechanical followers for whom he fells nothing. The followers, for their part, resent him and patiently wait for his replacement or downfall or new employments for them elsewhere (Germano). A bureaucratic leader leans completely on organizational policies and procedures and is quite inflexible about them (Germano 2010). In the process, he overlooks opportunities to motivate and develop employees in ways beyond stiff procedures and policies. He places greater value in them than in people and resists complaints and suggestions from employees. While policies are not inherently damaging to employee motivation, their blind implementation and adherence are often counterproductive to employees. A bureaucratic leader in this sense is similar to the autocratic leader in their failure to motivate and

Motivational Theories in Leadership
By: David Cortez
What is a motivational theory? A motivational theory is a concept that describes the activation of goal-oriented behaviors in humans. There are many motivational theories in leadership but I will only focus on three of them which are the Motivation Theory, McClelland’s Theory of Needs, and Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory (Two Factor Theory). Being a motivational leader means getting your employees to move with a desire for improvement

Organizational Theory and Behavior
Homework #3
October 9, 2007
What advancement barriers did Lisa encounter?
Although Lisa Weber was a highly qualified, ambitious analyst for the firm, she never had a chance for advancement because of that glass ceiling. The idea of becoming a partner was always visible, but never attainable because of the various obstacles she had to face. The same obstacles most women face when trying to climb the corporate ladder.
Several barriers stood in Lisa’s path

Revisiting the Classical theories
Introduction
Organization indexes considerably more than the structures that lifts us out of ‘bare life’. Organization is also intimately, and utterly, connected to thought. While many, and by no means just those in the West, think of themselves as ‘free’ from enslavement by others, and even free from the organization of the state, who can argue that they are also free from the pervasive effects of language, culture and science? These are matters into which

Motivation and Organizational Culture
Cassandra Clyburn
HCA 250-The Psychology of Health
December 9, 2012
Ebony Thomas
Axia College
Motivation and Organizational Culture
When you first start a job you have fears of being able to fit in, your nerves are on edge and if you are a supervisor or manager you have many more fears as our subject Ayame Nakamura may have had. She is a Japanese immigrant who is fortunate to have landed a position as a Project Manager for a pharmaceutical company.

formal groups, the behaviors that one should engage in are stipulated by and directed toward organizational goals. Informal groups are alliances that are neither formally structured nor organizationally determined. These groups are natural formations in the work environment that appear in response to the need for social contact. (Pages 123-124)
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Differentiate the terms role identity, role perception, and role expectation. There are certain attitudes and actual behaviors consistent with a

In organizational behavior, there are many topics researched. Motivation happens to be the most researched (Robbins & Judge, 2014, p. 96). According to Robbins and Judge (2014), motivation includes the processes accounting for a person’s intensity, persistence of effort, and direction toward completing a goal (p. 97). The three concepts capturing the essence of motivation include hope, action, and vision.
Pinder’s (2008) findings explained the following: Hope is one of many energizing internal

Applying Organizational Behavior Theory
Ahmed Salman
Argosy University
September, 23, 2015
Applying Organizational Behavior Theory
Introduction
Organizational behavior entails the study of individual and also group performance and their interactions and ability to work in groups. It aims at identifying major problems that affects performance within the teams to work together, in a bid to develop a more efficient business operation (Hiriyappa, 2009). It relies heavily on organizational cultures